Collie's shire president Wayne Sanford has welcomed the money but says details of what it is to be spent on have not been finalised.

"I'm not sure whether it's to do with airports, or industrial developments or hospitals, schools," he said.

The chamber's Richard Jackson says the initiative will help Collie become a major industrial hub.

"It's not only important for Collie but it's also important for the region," he said.

"When you look down south, nobody wants to see industrial developments on the coastline and Collie is the ideal place for it.

"Of course, if you're going to have those sorts of developments going on, you need the local infrastructure."

Manjimup Shire's Wade De Campo says not every town can be a super town.

"It would be a concern that the money would be so diluted over a number of towns."

He is hoping a large proportion of the town's funding will be spent redeveloping the local airport to attract fly-in, fly-out workers.

He says Manjimup would need up to $30 million just to re-develop its airport.

"That's a considerable amount of money we're looking for that," he said.

"We don't know what the government really would like to see so we're excited to actually see what their plan is for a supertown as well as what our is, and see if it actually aligns."

Katanning's shire president Richard Kowald says the town is an obvious choice to take part.

"Multiculturalism has brought a lot of attention to Katanning," he said.

"Also the sale yards and the announcement that the State Government has given us $17 million towards building our own saleyards here in Katanning, all of those things sort of add up to put us in the spotlight."

Mount Barker in the Shire of Plantagenet did not make the super-towns funding list.

The Great Southern town was originally touted as a candidate when the scheme was announced back in February.

The Albany Chamber of Commerce chief executive Graham Harvey says it is a disappointment for the region.

"Being included in the super-towns scheme would have been a major fillip to that ongoing development," he said.

"It's almost a snub from the State Government which sort of suggests well, you guys are not up to the mark or something like that, it's a bit of a kick in the groin."

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